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‘It was all covered in white frost, glinting and melting away with the first rays of the sun, making it a perfect picture for a postcard.’

‘I have used Italian Taleggio, French Cantal and Swiss Gruyère, and even goat's cheese on one occasion, to melt over the tender potatoes.’

‘Mixed with melting snow, people had to walk on footpaths covered by dark water.’

‘The debris protects the ice from melting and sustains a thin body of ice that would otherwise have melted away.’

‘Once before in Shanghai, I had gone to see some ice sculptures in an exhibition but a huge cold-air blower had to be used to protect the sculptures from melting away.’

‘Add the Stilton, milk and cream and heat gently stirring often until the Stilton has melted and the soup is hot.’

‘Volcanism can have a large effect on the dating of any particular sample, of course, because when a rock melts it will release the gasses trapped in the rock matrix and therefore restart the atomic clock.’

‘Rather than melting away like normal frost, the coldness lingered where Bruetar had grasped the hilt of the sword.’

‘Stones dropped from melting Canadian icebergs have been found in sea sediments off the coast of Portugal.’

‘They need no more than a brushing of oil, and the briefest encounter with the hot surface, and they turn all brown and crunchy on the outside, green, tender and melting within.’

‘I smell something strange and find the smoke alarm melted on the stove.’

‘The blizzards had ceased three days ago and the remaining snow was swiftly melting away in the face of the late January sun.’

‘He argued that all other granites represent hybrid magma formed by reaction of basaltic melt with crustal metamorphic rocks.’

‘Field evidence suggests that many dykes were responsible for transporting melt, and this would substantially reduce the inflation time.’

‘These melts will only crystallize within this period if they segregate from their protoliths.’

‘This is too long to preserve small bodies of melt in the crust, and suggests that the scenario is appropriate to neither the Waipiata nor the western Hungarian field.’

‘The blue colour of smalt derives from the addition of cobalt oxide to a potash glass melt during manufacture.’

‘Another effect will be to lower the peraluminosity and decrease the lime content of the melt.’

‘You know, I'm listening to you and Orelon talk about the melt on the trees and the ice still on the trees.’

1.2A quantity of metal melted in one operation.

‘Liquid nitriding compositions that do not contain a substantial amount of cyanate in the original melt must be aged before use in production.’

‘We need to know how much of this melt is refreezing back on, because the refreezing in fact slightly stabilises the ice shelf.’

‘This would present an option of either increased amounts of melt giving a thicker sarcophagus or lower temperatures to enhance container survival.’

‘The amount of melt is critical in maximizing the thickness of the recrystallized zone around the container and to the sealing of any fissures in the zone of metamorphism.’

‘The term fluxing also includes the treatment of nonferrous melts by inert or reactive gases to remove solid or gaseous impurities.’

‘Dingwell et al. have shown at low dissolved water contents in rhyolitic melts, large changes in melt viscosity can occur for very small changes of water content.’

‘However, the relative effects of fluctuating dynamic support and episodic addition of melt cannot be clearly distinguished in the present dataset.’

‘Radioactive dating of the melts and the hydrothermal deposits indicates the Sudbury impact occurred about 1.85 billion years ago.’

‘Thus we need to estimate stretching factors in some other way to predict the amount of melt that may be generated.’

1.3North American with modifierA sandwich, hamburger, or other dish containing or topped with melted cheese.

‘a tuna melt’

‘We decided on the gyros and tuna melt.’

‘There is also a range of light meals (such as tuna melt or steak 'n' cheese sandwiches), plus desserts.’

‘Hot Italian snacks, otherwise known as panini, came with chargrilled vegetables and mozzarella cheese or tuna melt.’

‘Other items I spotted were toasted focaccia, chicken satay and roasted vegetables with cheese melt each for £2.99.’

‘I picked up a pressed penny for my sister, grabbed a fine lunch of lobster bisque and a crab melt, then went for Round Two, this time at Mohegan Sun.’

‘Patty, the vegetarian, shared a tuna melt with Molly and later they felt ill.’

‘Quite literally, they were covered in foil much like a tuna melt floundering in a microwave.’

‘Also included are keema and peas with naan bread, vine tomato and mozzarella melt, tuna salad and chicken curry.’

‘He ordered himself a tuna melt, left his door open for other patients to stroll in and was back in uniform the next day.’

‘And so, for no good reason, on my first visit I ordered, of all things, a tuna melt, a meatball sub, and a roast beef sandwich.’

‘He's grabbed some hamburgers, coke, and for you Amber, I told him to get you water and a cheese melt.’

‘I think about that as I chomp on my half of the melt, but Smith is still too busy talking to eat.’

‘As the prices were so reasonable, daughter decided to skip the two-course special and chose the chicken and cranberry melt - light and tasty.’

‘Ann spotted one of her favourites and asked for the tuna melt.’

‘I was was eating a patty melt and fries on my sofa watching Letterman, so clearly I was home around midnight.’

‘At present the most popular baguette is the chicken and cheese melt with lettuce and mayonnaise called Lisa after the customer who first ordered the filling.’

‘My favorite cheat meal is a patty melt, but the restaurant versions have way too much fat.’

Phrases

melt in the mouth

(of food) be deliciously light or tender and need little chewing.

‘they ate lamb which melted in the mouth’

‘The fishcake - and it was just one, but well-sized - was deliciously light and melted in the mouth, while the Hanoi duck came inside a stack of tortillas and salsa that looked bizarre but tasted sensational.’

‘My own pepper was equally satisfying; a whole, succulent green pepper so tender it melted in the mouth, piping hot and stuffed to bursting with rice and mincemeat.’

‘I ensure that the fresh herbs and spices thoroughly infuse the dishes so that the meat becomes so tender it really melts in the mouth,’ he said.’

‘The pulled pork is, quite simply, melt in the mouth, while the chicken is juicily tender.’

‘The meats were tender and tasty; the lamb melting in the mouth.’

‘Tom's tart looked more like a huge Danish pastry, but was absolutely delicious: the pastry melted in the mouth and the melange of Brie and leeks was judged to perfection.’

‘The beef is so extremely tender that it seems to melt in the mouth.’

‘String beans of the variety known as Tender Green are stringless, extra large, and will melt in the mouth even when the pods are five inches long.’

‘It melts in the mouth in a delicious way, making it my favourite among all the pastries available.’

‘The thin strips of pink lamb melted in the mouth but I felt the many sweet elements crowded out the quality lamb.’